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Farm and Family

Fourth-graders from across Henry County enjoyed Youth Ag Day sponsored by Robbie and Katie Sue Yount, where students learned how wheat is turned into bread. Extension officials extended a special thanks to Henry County FFA officers in leading the educational stations.

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Joe Durbin, left, speaks at the Louisville meeting of the Kentucky Hunger Task Force on Sept. 13 in Louisville. Next to Durbin is Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles. The task force is holding regional meetings to gather information about local solutions to hunger. Durbin is the director of Henry County Help Center, a food bank based in Eminence thet distributes food to families all over the county. (Kentucky Department of Agriculture photo)

There’s a lot to look forward to in the fall, but if you suffer from fall allergies, it can be hard to enjoy the season.
Hay fever, also called allergic rhinitis, starts with cold-like symptoms. Unlike a cold that goes away within a week, hay fever lingers until the cause of the allergic reaction is identified and treated. One of the most common causes, especially during the fall allergy season, is ragweed. Ragweed begins to pollinate in mid-August and sticks around until a hard freeze.

If you have gone to college or have had a child go, chances are you’ve filled out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as FAFSA.
Changes to this form announced by the Obama administration in 2015 are about to go into effect for the 2017-18 school year.
One of the biggest changes to the application is how soon you can fill it out.
You can submit the form for the 2017 school year beginning Oct. 1, 2016.
This is sooner than in previous years.

On the surface it doesn’t look like much – a family eating a meal together. How important could that be? But if that shared mealtime occurs on a regular basis, the benefits can touch many areas of a child’s development.
Studies have shown that children from families who eat together more than three times a week are less prone to obesity and drug, alcohol and tobacco use.
Teenagers who participate in family meals do better in school, and aren’t as likely to get into fights or have sex at a young age.